Analysis of Styx River
Conquered by the circumambient incandescent
We are impuissant to all illumination
Its conflagrant presence remains incessant
The Mother's diurnal course without reincarnation
Purity of white, in its bright obsolescent
Beauty transmogrified to incarceration
Destitute to substance of atramentous
Yearning for just an ounce of clandestiness
Reverse fear of aura that is portentous
The cosmos suffocating, attempting solace
Abyss of chaos, our species remains apprentice
Our essence, Yang without Yin, remains starless
| Scheme | ABABAB CCCCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 111110010 111001010 01001010100010 10011011010 10110010 1011011 10111111 01111011010 01010001010 01110101001010 10101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 504 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on March 01, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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